WEBVTT
of the shooting... These
balloons here on the light pole.
Yore's family doesn't want his
case to go away... They're
pleading for anyone with
information to come forward.
THUOK KHAN 4:19 IF ANYONE HAVE
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INCIDENT THAT TOOK MY SON PLEASE
COME FORWARD.
Thuok Khan pleads for the person
who killed his 14-year-old son
Yore Jieng to come forward.
doesn't speak english, so Yore's
aunt is translating. THUOK KHA
4:19 PLEASE IF YOU SEE ANYTHING,
I'M BEGGING YOU, COME FORWAR
Khan says Yore was all about
having fun with his friends and
playing basketball. THUOK 14:50
YORE IS A GREAT KID. HE IS
LOVED BY EVERYBODY, HIS WHOLE
COMMUNITY. YOU SEE YORE YOU JUST
SMILE. PASTOR JOHN 17:20 WHEN HE
WALKED INTO THE ROOM, THE ROOM
BRIGHTENED, IT REALLY DID. AND
HE WAS SMILING, AND HAPPY AND HE
WAS A PERSON WHO WAS EASY TO
TALK TO HE WAS SHY, HE DIDN'T
SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT BUT I THINK
PEOPLE KEPT KIND OF PUSHING HIM
INTO THAT. AS I SAID, HE IS A
NATURAL LEADER. Pastor John says
the greatest thing
about Yore was his potential.
PASTOR JOHN 19:00 OUR GREAT HOPE
WAS FOR THE MAN THAT HE WOULD
BECOME. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE A
LEADER OF STUDENTS, A LEADER IN
THIS COMMUNITY.
The community mourned Yore
during a vigil at Roosevelt High
School.
42:20 YORE WAS A KID OF FEW
WORDS BUT THAT SMILE OH MY
GOODNESS
Members of his basketball team,
friends and teachers ... Held
candles to remember a boy taken
from us too soon. Yore's family
is holding another vigil here
where he was shot on 12th and
Keo next Thursday evening....
But first, sticking with their
cultural tradition, they will
lay him to rest this Saturday at
10 am at Capitol Hill Lutheran
Church. Steffani Nolte KCCI 8

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The only evidence that remains of the shooting are balloons attached to a light pole.

"If anyone has any information about the incident that took my son, please come forward," said Thuok Khan, who used his aunt as a translator. "Please, if you see anything, I’m begging you: Please come forward."

Khan said his son loved hanging out with his friends and playing basketball.

"Yore is a great kid," Khan said. "He is loved by everybody, his whole community. You see Yore, and you just smile."

"When he walked into the room, the room brightened," said John Kline, a pastor at Zion Lutheran Church, where Jieng attended. "He was smiling and happy, and he was a person who was easy to talk to. He was shy. He didn’t seek the spotlight, but I think people kept kind of pushing him into that. He is a natural leader."

Kline said the greatest thing about Jieng was his potential.

"Our great hope was for the man that he would become, the man who would be a leader of students, a leader in this community," Kline said.

The community mourned during a vigil at Roosevelt High School.

Members of his basketball team, friends and teachers held candles to remember Jieng.

His family is holding another vigil where he was shot, near the intersection of 12th Street and Keosauqua Way, next Thursday evening.

But first, the Sudanese family is sticking with their cultural tradition. They plan to lay him to rest at 10 a.m. Saturday at Capitol Hill Lutheran Church in Des Moines.

The family has also set up a memorial fund in Jieng’s name at Wells Fargo banks.